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One of the principal Motives which induced the United Brethren to establish Colonies in North Carolina, was to communicate the Gospel to the Southern Indians. The first Colony consisted of 15 unmarried men, who arrived in North Carolina in 1753. who comenced their labours amidst great difficulties in the wilderness, but by the blessing of God they succeeded in cleaning the land & building the small town of Bethabara. Here the Rev. M. Ettwein had a meeting with several Cherokee Chiefs who declared themselves friendly to a Mission of the Brethren, but shortly afterwards two successive Wars having broken onto between the white people & the Indians the Brethren were often in danger from the annoyances of the Cherokee, & although closely surrounded by them they were graciously protected by a higher hand, which the Indians themselves owned after the war saying; that the brethrens vigilence, & the regular blowing of the horn, by the watchman at night as well as the ringing of the bells for morning & evening meetings, all of which they considered a signal of alarm, prevented them from attacking the village, although they had frequently attempted to surprise them in the night. After these manifold troubles the disturbances of the Regulators & the Revolutionary war forbade all new undertakings in the Missionary line. In the year 1783 the Government of North Carolina dispatched Col. Armstrong to the Cherokee towns, for the purpose of entering into negotiations with the Indians, in whose company the Rev. Martin Snider was sent on a Missionary tour to the Cherokee villages on Tennessee River. M Snider attended a Council of the chiefs, in company with Col. A. in January 1784, in which the chief Tassel presided & to whom M Snider was introduced by Col Armstrong, who made known the Missionary view of the United Brethren. After a silence of two hours the chief gave the following answer: "that it was in his "recollection when their father, the King of Great Brittain, a long time ago, had send "2 men as preachers unto them, one of whom had died, & the other did not remain long "with them, on account of a War which broke and to his regret. I beleive, said he, this "man M Snider to be a respectable man, sent by higher men in order to "instruct us of U ne, la-no, hee ( God dwelling above) Although myself, and all "present, are glad for this offer of getting such instruction, still I am, at present unable "to give a distinct answer, on account of the absence of the other chiefs & warriors." At their return he promised to convene a great Council to ascertain their opinion the result of which he would comunicate to him, through the Governr & Comissioner. On the 24th of January 1784 M Snider returned to Salem, but while he was preparing for another visit in order to hear the result of his application to the Council a war broke out between the Cherokee & White people, in which all the towns M S. had visited were burned, the Indians dispersed & many of them killed & our negotiations broke off. After the restoration of Peace & other obstacles having disappeared or been removed, the Directors of the United Brethren in North Carolina were informed in the year 1799 that the New York Missionary Society had sent the Rev. Joseph Bullen of Vermont, on an exploring expedition to the Chickesaws who